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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Samuel Dawson <samuledawson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.bintu@mail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 14:22:40 +0100
Subject: US LOTTERY PROGRAM

DEAR SIR/MADAM

We are pleased to inform you about the result of our Lottery DRAWS HELD on
22/08/2020 and announced on 11/12/2021. Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky numbers
7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of USD3 Million Dollars
note that. All participants in this lottery program have been selected
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000 companies
and 400,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web
sites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and
sponsored by eminent world personalities like the (SULTAN of Brunei, Bill
Gates of Microsoft Inc and other corporate organisations). This is to
encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide. For security
purpose and clarity, (we advise that you keep your winning Information
confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted
to you. ) This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. We look forward to
your active participation in our next year USD10 million slot. You are
requested to contact our LOTTERY COORDINATOR:

Dr. (Mrs.) Bintu AZIZ
E-Mail: mrs.bintu@mail.com

All winnings must be claimed not later than 15/12/2021. Please note, in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your
WINNING NUMBERS, SERIAL numbers, and TICKET numbers,
Full name:
Residential address:
Private mobile phone number:
State:
Country:
In all correspondence. Furthermore, if there should be any change of
address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional
program. You are required to reply to this email:
mrs.bintu@mail.com for further details.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF
AGE.

NOTE: For security reasons and due to the confusion of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this notification as a strictly public notice
until your claim has been processed and your money remitted. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claims or unscrupulous acts by
non-participants of this program. BE WARNED

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